Writers' Group member Rudolph Juarez, the pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Iowa City.

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Rudolph T. Juárez
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Sergio is originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He came to the United States in 1999 and enrolled in a college in Indiana and transferred to the University of Iowa to study civil engineering.

Irund A-wan is truly an inspiration to me because of his determination to work for social justice and the betterment of humanity in our community and throughout the world. Sergio, as I like to call him, worked with a small group of engineering students at UI to raise money to build a bridge for residents of a community in the ...